Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Huntington Beach is a city in Orange County, California, with about 193,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Huntington Beach offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 city office pages for Huntington Beach, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Clerk, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Huntington Beach records are kept
- Kept by the City of Huntington Beach: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Orange County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Orange County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Huntington Beach City Clerk: council records and ordinances
The City Clerk keeps the official records of the city government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the city's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for Huntington Beach.
- Website: huntingtonbeachca.gov/government/city_clerk (page title: City Clerk)
- Phone: (714) 536-5227
- Address: 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Huntington Beach police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Huntington Beach police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Huntington Beach police records.
- Website: huntingtonbeachca.gov/departments/police/about_us/pd_division/recor... (page title: Welcome to Huntington Beach, CA)
- Phone: (714) 536-5641
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Orange County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Huntington Beach City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: huntingtonbeachca.gov/government (page title: Huntington Beach Government)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Huntington Beach
California public records law applies to the city government of Huntington Beach. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Orange County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Orange County. The Orange County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Huntington Beach Arrest Records
The Huntington Beach arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Huntington Beach's arrests to the FBI and the 5,755 arrests it reported for 2023. It also says where a person arrested in Huntington Beach is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Huntington Beach Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Huntington Beach, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Huntington Beach warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Huntington Beach inmate search (the custody page of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Huntington Beach criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Huntington Beach court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Huntington Beach police reports (which agency holds a report and what the California Public Records Act requires), Huntington Beach traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Huntington Beach DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Huntington Beach divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Huntington Beach property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Huntington Beach website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Huntington Beach offices listed above, and the city's own website is huntingtonbeachca.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Huntington Beach?
Request it from the Huntington Beach police records unit at huntingtonbeachca.gov, phone (714) 536-5641. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find Huntington Beach city council minutes and ordinances?
From the City Clerk at huntingtonbeachca.gov/government/city_clerk, phone (714) 536-5227. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Huntington Beach?
Huntington Beach cases are heard by the courts that serve Orange County, and people arrested in Huntington Beach are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Orange County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Huntington Beach?
From the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. California public records law applies to city governments.